Winifred+Garver


 * SUMMARY: Winnifred Garver, a 19-year-old homemaker, died on June 27, 1929 after an abortion perpetrated at the Chicago office of Dr. Anna Schultz.**

On June 24, 1929, 19-year-old homemaker Winifred (alt. sp. Winsfrey) Mary Reed Garver underwent an abortion at the office of Dr. Anna Schultz, aka Rollins. Schultz was assisted by Dr. James White. Winifred died on June 27 at Woodlawn Hospital. Winifred was white; both her abortionist and the assistant were Black. On June 27, both physicians were held by the coroner. Schultz was indicted for felony murder by a grand jury on October 6, 1930.

Winifred, wife of Clyde Garver, was the daughter of Harry B. and Margrie (Delmarter) Reed.

Winifred's abortion was typical of illegal abortions in that it was performed by a physician.

Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see [|Abortion in the 1920s]. For more on pre-legalization abortion, see [|The Bad Old Days of Abortion] Source:


 * [|Homicide in Chicago Interactive]

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